Baden-Württemberg class. The pride of European surface fleet.

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Baden-Württemberg-class frigate - Wikipedia

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FGS Baden-Württemberg has been experiencing problems ever since it was delivered to the navy for trials. In addition to hardware and software integration, the frigates have a listing problem. They list 1.3 degrees to starboard and are overweight, an issue that could possibly complicate future upgrade options. The navy and the contractor shipyard have been trying to overcome this problem for 3 years.

This ship was the first that German defense ministry returned a ship to the shipbuilder after delivery. Defects cited in many news report include software and hardware issues, likely the same ones which caused her to miss her commissioning deadline. There were problems with the frigate’s operations room from where the highly-automated ship will be controlled.

In short, It is one of Nato's most expensive frigate projects ever.

Pride of NATO? Maybe...

However, despite all the glory of German naval abilities, first the problems in the production of the Type 214 for Greece, Portugal and Korea and followed by the production process of the Baden-Württemberg class were developments that overshadow this tradition.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Pride of NATO? Maybe...

Germany is historically America's rival. Since German reunification in 1990 Germany has stopped using American military hardware. Today Airbus competes with LM and Boeing.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Bden Wurttemberg is a great state to live I've heard.

 

[khansaheeb]

German Navy never has been the same since the Bismarck.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

German Navy never has been the same since the Bismarck.

German navy has always been crap. Their coastline is too small. They only have 1 major port Kiel.

 

[khansaheeb]

German navy has always been crap. Their coastline is too small. They only have 1 major port Kiel.

Bismarck was a quality ship but was overwhelmed by numbers and poor strategy.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Bismarck was a quality ship but was overwhelmed by numbers and poor strategy.

Bismarck was really behind in tech. British and American and French battleships had radar and can shoot at night. German battleships didn't.

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[khansaheeb]

Bismarck was really behind in tech. British and American and French battleships had radar and can shoot at night. German battleships didn't.

French battleship Richelieu - Wikipedia

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Bismarck was equipped with three FuMO 23 search radar sets, mounted on the forward and stern rangefinders and foretop. ... When Bismarck left port, fleet staff, prize crews, and war correspondents increased the crew complement to over 2,200 men.

Did Bismarck have radar? - Google Search

 

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Bismarck was equipped with three FuMO 23 search radar sets, mounted on the forward and stern rangefinders and foretop. ... When Bismarck left port, fleet staff, prize crews, and war correspondents increased the crew complement to over 2,200 men.

Did Bismarck have radar? - Google Search

Yes but it was nothing compared to radars used on French, British, American battleships.

Best Battleship: Fire Control

 

[khansaheeb]

Yes but it was nothing compared to radars used on French, British, American battleships.

Best Battleship: Fire Control

The lone battleship was overwhelmed :-

The final action consisted of four main phases. The first phase late on the 26th consisted of air strikes by torpedo bombers from the British aircraft carrier Ark Royal, which disabled Bismarck's steering gear, jammed her rudders in a turning position and prevented her escape. The second phase was the shadowing and harassment of Bismarck during the night of 26/27 May by British destroyers, with no serious damage to any ship. The third phase on the morning of 27 May was an attack by the British battleships King George V and Rodney supported by cruisers. After about 100 minutes of fighting, Bismarck was sunk by the combined effects of shellfire, torpedo hits and deliberate scuttling.[4] On the British side, Rodney was lightly damaged by near-misses and by the blast effects of her own guns.[5] British warships rescued 111 survivors from Bismarck[6] before being obliged to withdraw because of an apparent U-boat sighting, leaving several hundred men to their fate. The following morning, a U-boat and a German weathership rescued five more survivors. In the final phase the withdrawing British ships were attacked the next day on 28 May by aircraft of the Luftwaffe, resulting in the loss of the destroyer HMS Mashona.

Last battle of Bismarck - Wikipedia

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